Geographic location and relief

Kyiv is located in northern Ukraine in the middle reaches of the Dnipro, on the edge of forest and forest-steppe physiographic zones. Dnipro divides the city in half. The northern part of Kyiv right bank is situated on Poliska lowland, southern right bank – on Prydniprovska Hill, and represents high plateau-like plain, dissected by ravines, gorges and valleys of small rivers.